Car-door hanger.



' '3, P. LUGB.

GAR DOOR HANGER.

APPLICATION FILEDKOVJIB, 1907.

997,327, Patented Dec. 29, 1908;

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Beit known that 1,-lfinwnnh F. Loon, a c tizen the Unit-ed States, resuhng 111 G111- cage, in the cou'ntyof Cook and Stateof llli- 1 .11 is, have inventcd'certain new and usejlul"improvements in (Jae- Door Hangers, of icli the followingi's a spccihcatlon.

This invention relates to track and hanger 'ir'ie'chhiiisins for car doors.

lhe principal object of I the i vention is toprovidela simple, economical and elticient and so l'ar as possiblestorm-probfcar door supportingtrack and hanger mechanism.

l Afhrther object'is to provide a railway car witha door supporting track and hanger ghecl'ianism so constructed and arranged as: to provide a sufficiently strong and elticient support for the door ordoors while occupying the minimum amount of spacetransversely.

of the car, and adapted to render the car'and 1t door mechanism as nearly as possible strain-proof and protect the contents of the c; and the door hanger mechanism from the n rur ous etiocts ot the elements, snow, rain,sleet,,c1nders and the like, all in such a Lear tube as great as possil'ile consistent with the established or standard limitations as to outside width} 7 f v Other. and further objects of theinvention will appear from an examination of the draw-ings nd the following description and laims.

coii binations, and, details of construction hereinafter describedand claimed.

in the accompanying drawing Figure 1 is a side ViOW ofa railway ear provided with my impr ivements, with certainparts of the ('ar broken away or omitted; Fig. 2, a sec tional transverse elevation in do ail of a portiou. ot' the cal showing the door supporting trail; in (I'0s-s(.(, ti0n, and the upper edge of the door andthe hanger mechanism inclosed and. sheltered thereby, the hanger brackets extending upward from the door on the inside of the track and hetween it and the side of the car; Fig. 3 a VlOW in side elevation of the parts shown in Fig. 2; and Fig. 4, an enlarged detail View in sectional elevation of the upper portion of the door hanger shown in Fig. 2.

In the drawings, my improved car-door supporting track and hanger mechanism is l Specification of Letters Patent.

\ Application filed November 15, 1907. Serial No. 402,320.

'jheinvention consists in the features,

NITED srATEs h em ornion Patented Dec. 29, 1908.

5 shown in connection with a car body a havdoorway c. Aiiller i is secured to the side lsul'licient distance above the latter to provide a space m beneath the filler and between said tiller and the top of the door for 5 admitting and containing the portions of the 1 track and hanger mechanism which it is desirableshould be located between the topof the door and the tiller in position to be indoor Z is mounted beneath the track sup- "porting inemberorfillcrin position to leave a space between the upper edge of the door and the filler, said door being adapted to be moved to and from position to close the doorway.

A track nfformed preferably of metal, is provided, having an upright outer side portion 0 which is seeuredto the tracks'uppor'ting member or filler tby means of bolts which extend preferably.through the track. The outer side of the filler is countersunk or recessed sutliciently to admit and cover the upper edge of the track where it is in contact with or-secitred to the tiller. The ver- 't-ic'al outer side portion 0 of the track extends downward from the filler or track supporting member, on the outside of and to a point below the level of the upper edge of the door, so

the track is adapted to exclude snow, sleet, rain and cinders and the like from the space m and from the interior of the car. Mounted upon and preferably integral with the outer portion 0 of the track is an inwardly extendmg track portion g which has a preferably flat horizontal upper surface and the inner edge. of which is provided with an upwardly exlendingguidingflange s. The innerllanged edge of this'inwardly extending hanger-engaging portion of the track is adjacent to the inner edge of the door and a sullicient distance from the side of the carbody to. pro vide a S.)L(G which will admit the hanger arms or rackets, hereinafter described, and permit them to move freely back and forth "ing and closing the door. 'lhe outer edge of said inner track portion is connected with the outer web 9,1 track portion 0. The door is provided with suitable hangers preferably consisting of hanger arms or brackets t seing a sidewall b which is provided with a Wall ol tl1e car body over the doorway and a closed and sheltered as shown in Fig. 2. A-

that the lower \edge' or depending portion r-of ,ongitudinally of the track and car in opencuredto the door and extending upward from the inner upper edge of the door on the inside of the track and between the inner erally projecting arm portion it upon which ismounted en antifriction door supporting I wheel or member 1) which rests upon the upper surface of the inclosed inwardly extend-- in portion q of the track. The wheels are he d in rotatable position by means of headed bolts or rivets w and washers y. The hangersand thereby the door supported thereby-are guided and kept in their proper course by means of the upwardly pro ec'tmg inner flange .9 already described, which limits the inward movement of'the. angers by engaging the hanger wheels, and in a similar manner limits the outward movement of the he ers and door by engaging the hanger brac ets or arms t at the points where the extend between the inner edge of the tree and the car body.

' It will be noted that the above described construction and arrangement of the track end hangers renders the device ractically storm-proof to the extent not 0 y of sheltering the hangers and hanger supporting portionof the track but'to the extent of excluding snowand'rain and other injurious elements'from the interior of thecar thus preserving the contents from injury and at the same time enabling the maximum interior width and the maximum available transverse load carryin space or capacit of the car to be obtains and utilized wit out increasing the width from outside to outside, the transverse s ace occupied or monopooor-su porting track and hanger and shelterin device bein reduced to a minimum ltfo lows that by t usrnizing'the trs ntsverse space occupied by" the door. supporting and storm exclu 'n'g device the danger of injury to the doors and door so orts is minimized. P

e moons, for iding and holding the lower edge of the 001' may be of any ordinary end well known form, and may consist of brackets 2 arranged-st suitable intervals. Ihe track should extend lengthwise of the car body a, distance preferably substantially equal to twice the width of the door and should not extend out transversely further than is necessary to enable it to inclose the upper edge of the door and permit the ne'cessary freedom of movement.

I claim:

1. In a door hanger, the combination with a car body having a doorway and a door, of hanger mechanism secured to and extending over the door, and a track comprising in its construction an inner portion extending over the door and in'supporting engagement with the hanger mechanism, an outer vertical portion extending outside of and inclosing between it and the car body the entire trackengaging'portion of the hanger mechanism,

and an extended ortion adapted to extend gutside of and belbwthe upper edge of the cor.

2. In a car door hanger, the-combination with a car body having a doorway and door, of hanger arms secpred to the innerside of the door, hanger wheels d tly over the door and connected with sai hsnger arms, and a. track comprisi in itsiconstruction an inner portion extending over thedoor bemouth and in sugportingengagement with said hanger whee an oute'r' ertical ortion connected with the-outer edge of sei inner track. portion and extending outside of mid incliising the hanger wheels between it andthe 'car body, and an extendedortion adapted to extend outsideof and be ow the upper edge of the door.

"3. in a car door hanger, the combination with a car body having a doorway and door, of hanger arms securedto the inner side of the door, hanger wheels directly over the A100! and connected with said hanger arms, a track comprising in its construction an inner horizontal portion over the door beneath and in so porting engagement with the hanger whee s, a flange on said inner. track ortion and in guiding engagement with the nger wheels, and'an outer vertical portion con-' EDWARD r. LUCE.

Witnesses:

HARRY IRWIN Cnonrrzn, NELLIE E. GEORGE. 

